Online meeting leads to rape charge

Updated 3:56 pm, Thursday, February 9, 2012

A Louisiana man has been charged in the 2011 rape of a Houston woman that he met through an online dating service, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office.

The suspect, Michael Earl Richmond, 23, of Plaquemine, is charged with sexual assault of an adult, court records show.

The victim told Nassau Bay police that she met the suspect on an Internet dating site called plentyoffish.com, a criminal complaint filed in the case states.

The two exchanged phone numbers and agreed to meet on Dec. 29, 2011, at the Walmart store at 255 FM 518 in Kemah.

The woman told investigators that Richmond drove up to the store parking lot in a pickup truck and got into her vehicle. She drove them to Nassau Bay Park on Upper Bay Road, where she parked and leaned her seat back to get more comfortable while they talked, the woman said.

Richmond allegedly choked the woman and sexually assaulted her while she begged him to stop, according to the criminal complaint. The woman then drove back to the Walmart, where she dropped him off.

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Richmond drove away, but not before the victim jotted down the license plate on his white Dodge pickup. She identified Richmond through a photo lineup generated using a photograph provided by the Louisiana State Police.